Demographics of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is one of the southern state of India. There are a total of 26 districts in the three regions of Coastal Andhra, Uttarandhra and Rayalaseema. The capital of the state [Andhra Pradesh] is the Amaravati.

The census over the years grown steadily in terms of population. It shares borders with states like Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Telangana and Karnataka. Based on the Census of India (2011), the state has a population of 49,471,555 residents.[1] The sex ratio is way above the national average at 992 as against 978 in 2001.

Spread over an area of 160,205 km2, the state has a population density of 308 as against 277 in 2001 Census, which is below the national average.[2] Registered growth rate of the population is 11.10 as against 14.59 recorded in the 2001 census.[3] The decadal growth rate has come down by 3.49 during the 2001-2011.

Literacy rate in 2011 was 67.77% as against 60.47% recorded in 2001 census. It is an increase of 7.19%. The official language of the state is Telugu.

Religion

Religion in Andhra Pradesh
Religion 2001 (United Andhra Pradesh) [4] 2011 (Andhra Pradesh) [5]
Hinduism 67,836,652 44,875,698
Islam 6,986,856 3,617,713
Christianity 1,181,917 682,660
Jainism 41,846 27,159
Sikhism 30,998 9,904
Buddhism 32,037 4,139
Other 4,768 4,125
Not stated n/a 165,401
Total 76,210,007 49,386,799
Religion in Andhra Pradesh (%)
Religion 2001[4] 2011[4]
Hinduism 89.01 88.46
Islam 9.17 9.55
Christianity 1.55 1.34
Jainism 0.05 0.06
Sikhism 0.04 0.05
Buddhism 0.04 0.04
Other 0.01 0.01
Not stated n/a 0.48

References

  1. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Profile" (PDF). Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Census of India : Provisional Population Totals : India :Census 2011". Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Andhra Pradesh's population growth rate down; sex ratio increases". dna. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Total population by religious communities". Censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Indian Census 2011". Census Department, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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